Please describe the legal services/pro-bono projects that you have worked on?
“I’ve handled a wide variety of bond issues for 501(c)(3) entities, including hospitals, colleges, retirement homes, and cultural and community organizations, in addition to providing corporate, tax and other business representation to charitable organizations. My experience ranges from more than $1.5 billion of tax-exempt financings for Carilion Clinic to pro-bono work for local charities. I regularly provide services to Legal Aid clients, and I serve as our firm’s pro-bono coordinator.”

Why is it important for lawyers to be involved in pro-bono projects?
“The communities in which we work have provided us with a comfortable living, and we owe a debt to those communities. That debt can be repaid — in part — by providing pro-bono services that enhance our communities, services both for those less fortunate individuals that rely upon governmental and charitable support and for those organizations that make us a community. With cutbacks in governmental, charitable and Legal Aid budgets, pro bono services are all the more important today.”